It's not as if Youtube is your only option. Just host the video elsewhere, possibly on your own site. Use html5 <video> tags to embed it. If you ever get a copyrights claim you will be able to properly defend yourself the way you should.

In YouTube: The Big Copyright Lie, I described my love-hate relationship with YouTube, at least as it existed in way back in the dark ages of 2007. Now think back through all the videos you've watched on YouTube. How many of them contained any original content? It's perhaps the ultimate case...